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The Pledge - the magician shows you something ordinary The Turn - the magician takes that ordinary something, and makes it do something extraordinary The Prestige - That extraordinary act is performed again, but a step higher Alfred Borden is placed in prison for the murder of Robert Angier. He's given Angier's journal as some … Continue reading The Prestige (2006)

Omni Consumer Products is so very close to owning Detroit and creating their corporate municipality: Delta City. This time, it isn't ruthless drug dealers or psychotic drug-dealer-turned-cyborgs that stand in its way; it's poor, homeless people. When Robocop learns the militant rebels he's ordered to exterminate are just a bunch of broke scrubs, he refuses … Continue reading Robocop 3 (1993)

The police are still striking. Crime rates and drug use are at an all time high. Detroit is crumbling. Luckily, the unstoppable Terminator Robocop and plucky sidekick Anne Lewis are working hard to clean up the streets. After raiding a Nuke production facility and failing to capture the ringleader, Cain, Robocop beats Cain's-secret-hideout location out … Continue reading Robocop 2 (1990)

In the not-too-distant future, Detroit is bankrupt, leading to underfunded police forces and rampant crime. Promising to help with the problem, corporations like Omni Consumer Products try to help however they can. During an OCP board meeting, a prototype law enforcement automaton, ED-209, fails to perform properly and kills a board member. As a last … Continue reading Robocop (1987)

Coconut Pete is the ultimate fun-loving musician. Having made several successful albums over the decades, he now runs Pleasure Island-- the hedonistic island resort that personifies his songs. Helping him run it is a group of party-loving counselors that include fitness instructor Jenny, massage magician Lars, and diving instructor Carlos. We soon learn that murderous … Continue reading Club Dread (2004)

Recent college-grad Tommy Callahan moves back to his hometown expecting to work at his father's car parts factory. On Tommy's first day back, Big Tom reveals his engagement to a woman way out of his league-- and the wedding is tomorrow! During a dance-off at the wedding, Big Tom has an infarction and dies. This … Continue reading Tommy Boy (1995)

The year is 1885. An impoverished mouse family is accosted by the Cossacks and Catsacks which leaves their home burned to the ground. Somehow they travel 2,000 km from Shostka, Ukraine Russia to Hamburg, Germany to board a ship bound for America. We are almost treated to Fievel's horrific death due to a complete disregard … Continue reading An American Tail (1986)

We start in 1937, where we witness history being made as, in a secret US Military underground bunker, Item 9 pot is declared illegal. Enter our modern day hero, Dale. Dale is a lazy, pot-loving process server. While on the job process serving, Dale is witness to a homicide. Lucky for him, the guilty are … Continue reading Pineapple Express (2008)

A young chimpanzee, Virgil, is abducted from his native habitat and brought to Wisconsin to learn sign language. After a year, he's abducted once again and brought to the Experimental Pilot Performance Project at Lockridge Air Force Base to learn how to fly planes. At Lockridge, Virgil meets wiseguy Ferris Bueller Jimmy Garrett, a young … Continue reading Project X (1987)

An inexperienced director is trying to film a movie on location based on a book based on a soldier's experience in the Vietnam War. After he is reprimanded by the producer to get the film made on budget and on time, the director decides to follow the advice of the book's author and take the … Continue reading Tropic Thunder (2008)